Pathology

Question 1

Which lobe is smoking related emphysema usually worst in?

Answer 1

upper lobe

also around the airways

Question 2

Where is alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency worse?

Answer 2

lower lobes and throughout the lobe

Question 3

What is the classic pathologic finding for respiratory bronchiolitis and desquamative interstitial pneumonia?

Answer 3

brown pigmented macrophages because these are both related to smoking diseases

Question 4

what is the pathophysiology of diffuse alveolar hemorrhage?

Answer 4

neutrophils get into the septa and damage the capillaries leading to hemorrhage

Question 5

what is the most common form of fibrotic lung diseases?

Answer 5

usual interstitial pneumonia

Question 6

Which disease shows fibroblastic foci?

Answer 6

usual interstitial pneumonia

Question 7

where are honeycomb changes worse with UIP?

Answer 7

lower lobes

Question 8

what is the pathologic characteristics of NSIP?

Answer 8

uniform fibrosis

Question 9

What is a pathologic feature of talc embolism?

Answer 9

under polarized light, it lights up like whabam

Question 10

what is the major cause of a talc embolism?

Answer 10

IV drug use resulting in polarized crystals around vessels

Question 11

what is the the pathologic feature of pulmonary HTN?

Answer 11

muscular hypertrophy of the pulmonary artery and arterioles

Question 12

what is keratin pearls indicative of?

Answer 12

squamous cell carcinoma

Question 13

what are small blue easily crushed cells with scant cytoplasm consistent with?

Answer 13

small cell carcinoma

Question 14

what type of cancer forms gland like structures?

Answer 14

adenocarcinoma

Question 15

what are the characteristics of large cell carcinoma?

Answer 15

big cells that don’t look similar